In the piece, he related stories of several patients with different acid reflux problems over a 20 year span. Circumstances between patients varied widely, but they had one thing in common: All shared dinner times that were far too close to their bed times.

The study results showed that 24.2% of people who ate dinner two hours or less before bedtime had blood pressure that did not drop at night — significantly increasing their risk of a heart attack. Meanwhile, only 14.2% of people who ate their dinners earlier had this problem.